Yoshihiko Noda

News about Yoshihiko Noda, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Dec. 26, 2012

Japanese Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda resigns ahead of vote in Parliament to return former Prime Min Shinzo Abe to power, ending the country’s three-year break from decades of near-constant rule by conservative Liberal Democratic Party. MORE

Nov. 15, 2012

Japanese Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda says he is ready to dissolve Parliament in two days, setting scene for December elections that could end his administration and thrust Japanese politics into more uncertainty. MORE

Nov. 11, 2012

Japanese Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda appears likely to declare country's intent to join ambitious pan-Pacific free trade agreement, and then call snap election in which Democratic Party would campaign on move; Japan has long wavered on entry into American-led Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is opposed by nation’s heavily protected farmers but supported by consumers and industry groups. MORE

Oct. 24, 2012

Keishu Tanaka, Japan's justice minister, resigns after uproar over his past ties to members of organized crime; resignation puts further pressure on Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda to call national elections. MORE

Oct. 2, 2012

Japanese Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda shuffles his cabinet for third time in 2012 in hopes of bolstering public support for his government. MORE

Sep. 27, 2012

Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, is elected to lead the main opposition party, giving him a chance to regain nation’s top job; his Liberal Democratic Party is poised to make gains in nationwide elections, in part because of the unpopularity of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. MORE

Sep. 22, 2012

Aug. 24, 2012

Letter written by Japanese Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda protesting South Korean Pres Lee Myung-Bak's visit to a set of disputed islets is refused by the South Korean government; Japanese government, in turn, refuses to accept the return of the letter. MORE

Aug. 23, 2012

Japanese Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda meets with a dozen antinuclear protesters for the first time since rallies began months ago outside of his office; Noda had been under growing public pressure to meet with protesters face to face after initially dismissing their weekly rallies. MORE

Aug. 11, 2012

Japanese Parliament approves Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda’s plan to double the sales tax and address national debt, but only after he promises to hold elections soon. MORE

Jul. 3, 2012

Unpopular government of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan suffers another setback when the largest faction of his Democratic Party quits over a proposal to double the national tax to 2015, leaving the party barely in control of Parliament’s lower house. MORE

Jun. 30, 2012

Thousands of demonstrators in Tokyo gather in front of Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda's residence to protest the government's decision to restart the Ohi nuclear power station in western Japan; local news media estimate the crowd at between 20,000 and 45,000, which they describe as the largest protest in central Tokyo since the 1960s; many of the protesters feel Noda ignored the public's concerns for safety when he ordered the restart. MORE

Jun. 9, 2012

Japanese Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda makes blunt appeal to the public on restarting the first of Japan's idled nuclear plants, saying that keeping the plants offline could cause blackouts and economic chaos at a time when he country's struggling economy can least afford it; despite increasingly dire warnings about the economic effects of a sudden turn from nuclear energy, a majority of Japanese remain unconvinced that it is safe to turn the plants back on. MORE

Jun. 5, 2012

Japanese Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda reshuffles his cabinet in what appears to be a desperate gambit to win the backing of the largest opposition party for his unpopular bill to double the national sales tax. MORE

Jun. 1, 2012

Japan's Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda says that he may order the restart of one of the nation's nuclear plants, which have been idled over safety concerns since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami; move signals that efforts by the government to persuade local leaders to drop their opposition appear to be working. MORE

Apr. 26, 2012

Ichiro Ozawa, a divisive power broker in Japan's ruling party, is acquitted of charges in a political financing scandal, freeing him to step up his opposition to Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda and a critical tax increase plan. MORE

Nov. 12, 2011

Japanese Prime Min Yoshihiko Noda, in a contentious move that could make or break his government, announces that Japan will join talks toward an ambitious pan-Pacific free trade pact; accord could open up new markets for Japanese exports but would potentially enrage the nation's powerful farmers, who fear a more competitive agricultural sector would destroy their livelihoods. MORE

Oct. 11, 2011

Japanese industrial conglomerates, with the cooperation of the government in Tokyo, are renewing their pursuit of multi-billion-dollar nuclear projects, particularly in smaller countries, even as Japan plans to phase out nuclear power as too risky for domestic use. MORE

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